Come on, Wheat. Don't be so dramatic. The guys are going on a two week vacation and will play a few hockey games while they're out. I can't imagine two weeks in the salt mines in February having an effect in May or June, let alone taking a vacation and playing a few hockey games.

I think the jet lag will be the only thing that hurts the players if at all because there is plenty of that during an NHL season. The games won't be grinder type games on that open ice, barely any checking or open ice hits.

Yzerman won't pick Fat, Milan's game gets nullified outside North America. I do suggest the Bruins have Fat followed around the North End, when the Olympics are going on, to make sure he doesn't eat too many Calzones and Cannolis!

Posts like this are so bizzare. If I took a trip to Europe in February and played 6 games of hockey over there, and it was still affecting me in May or June... I would think I had something seriously wrong with me. The only risk of having players in the Olympics is injury (I think Hasek was injured in '06?). And in that case I'd say the Bruins are in the worst shape with their top-2 centers, wings, their goalie and #1D all all playing. Hopefully Julien doesn't get food poisoning or Chiarrelli a bad paper cut as well.

Posts like this are so bizzare. If I took a trip to Europe in February and played 6 games of hockey over there, and it was still affecting me in May or June... I would think I had something seriously wrong with me. The only risk of having players in the Olympics is injury (I think Hasek was injured in '06?). And in that case I'd say the Bruins are in the worst shape with their top-2 centers, wings, their goalie and #1D all all playing. Hopefully Julien doesn't get food poisoning or Chiarrelli a bad paper cut as well.

Obviously, you don't travel much, Oatsie.

When you travel half way around the world and stay 2-3 weeks, come back and think you'll be just like you were when you left - good luck. It takes more time to recover than you can imagine.

Posts like this are so bizzare. If I took a trip to Europe in February and played 6 games of hockey over there, and it was still affecting me in May or June... I would think I had something seriously wrong with me. The only risk of having players in the Olympics is injury (I think Hasek was injured in '06?). And in that case I'd say the Bruins are in the worst shape with their top-2 centers, wings, their goalie and #1D all all playing. Hopefully Julien doesn't get food poisoning or Chiarrelli a bad paper cut as well.

Obviously, you don't travel much, Oatsie.

When you travel half way around the world and stay 2-3 weeks, come back and think you'll be just like you were when you left - good luck. It takes more time to recover than you can imagine.

When you do it, you'll realize Wheats wasn't joking.

I think a lot of it has to do with indvidual meatbolism and physical makeup - there was a large portion of my life where I travelled more than an Artic Tern, yet only seldom did jetlag catch up with me and that was usually only when I had other health issues I was dealing with, maybe making me more susceptible to it. I think the issue is really an individual one, and that for most people in the condition of a professional athlete, it would likely have minimal impact. I'm definitely no doctor, just my thoughts on it from my own experience.

Come on, Wheat. Don't be so dramatic. The guys are going on a two week vacation and will play a few hockey games while they're out. I can't imagine two weeks in the salt mines in February having an effect in May or June, let alone taking a vacation and playing a few hockey games.

Ya everybody knows olympic athletes are there for the vacation atmosphere. Do u post this stupidity just to get a rise out of people or are u just that clueless?